Now a month old, Wurst Bar in the Square fulfills its vision of a hip yet casual watering hole offering a well-rounded menu of inventive starters and soups, gourmet sausages, hamburgers and decadent desserts.

Incline Public House’s name derives from the actual
Cincinnati Incline that existed from the late 1800s to the 1940s, a
trolley system that took people to the apex of a steep hill where there
was a place called Price Hill House restaurant.

Zula serves up creative flatbreads and Mediterranean plates in its spacious Over-the-Rhine location

The latest addition to the growing
Over-the-Rhine dining landscape has been touted as a mix of wine bar and
Mediterranean tapas restaurant. Chef Tsvika Silberberg recently opened
Zula at 14th and Race streets...

Cincinnati' s favorite mobile eateries explore new options

Food trucks arrived in Cincinnati only
three years ago, but already a few are expanding into brick-and-mortar
locations. While some of these changes are in hopes of transitioning
into a fecund restaurant business, others are just trying to survive in a
competitive market in a city with limited spots to park and do
business.

Hyde Park’s wood-fired eatery offers casual, inventive dining

A little
more than two months old, M uses its freshly-imported European oven as a
centerpiece for its casual dining concept, with nearly everything but
the desserts spending some bit of time basking in blissfully blistering
heat.

Leah Joos and Jen Lile follow their dreams and taste buds to open Kitchen 452

Leah Joos and Jen Lile would like you to
try new things. The chefs/owners of the newest lunch spot in East Walnut
Hills, Kitchen 452, want to introduce people to things they may not
have thought to cook at home and to taste things they think they
dislike.

Iranian family brings authentic dining experience to West Chester

Cincinnati, until recently, lacked an
authentic Persian restaurant. Finally, in November, the Iranian Mostofi family
opened Persian Nights in West Chester, making it the only restaurant of
its kind from here to Columbus.

The Elusive Cow offers pub grub everyone can feel good about

Right down the road from Virgil’s Café in
Bellevue is a newly opened (since November) neighborhood burger joint,
The Elusive Cow. Originally, I had heard that it was a vegan or
vegetarian pub, but one look at the menu made it clear: This restaurant
is much more than that.

Fast casual restaurant rolls up quality, sustainable, quick cuisine

Zach and Josh Weprin and their childhood
friend, Stephan Harman, are beating the odds. Nearly three years ago,
the young trio founded Fusian, a fast casual sushi restaurant with
locations in downtown Cincinnati, Dayton and, slated to open in
February, the Ohio State University campus in Columbus.

In 2012, food trends like “weird Chinese”
and “Asian hipster cuisine” hit a fever pitch in New York City. With the
advent of Quan Hapa and neighboring Japanese izakaya hot spot Kaze, the
trend’s finally supplanted itself in Over-the-Rhine, albeit, with less
outlandishness.